Life History
1787 |
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.2 |
Jun 1823 |
Birth of son John Bailey BLAIR in Edmonson County, Kentucky.4 |
Oct 1849 |
Died in Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky.1,2 |
Oct 1849 |
Buried in Edmonson County, Kentucky.1 |
Notes
- Will of John B Blair
Written 3 July 1849
Probated 12 October 1849
from p 51, Book of Wills, Edmondson County, Kentucky
(current lists and transcriptions spell the name Edmonson)
(Note: Ancestry.com has incorrectly transcribed all the dates as the year 1899)
John Bailey Blair Sr
Birth 1787 Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
Death 1849 Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky
Parents:
Henry Blair 1765-1813
Elizabeth Bailey 1765-1827
Margaret Strange Pace Blair
Birth 1785 Virginia, Death Kentucky
-- Nichols & Blair, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/19999117/person/29565797080/facts?ftm=1
The above genealogy reports that John Bailey Blair was buried in Washington County, Tennessee. This place of burial is incorrect. Our John Bailey Blair (Sr) died in Edmondson (Edmonson) County, Kentucky, and his will was probated there October 1849. There was another John Blair in Washington County, Tennessee.
That John Blair was married to Mary Amelia White Blair (1750 - 1787). He was originally from New Jersey. His grave memorial on Find a Grave (linked on this genealogy to John Bailey Blair) reports that the Tennessee John Blair served in the Revolutionary War in the New Jersey Line Revolutionary Forces. John Bailey Blair was born after the Revolutionary War!
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